The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
A. TALE OF A GLOVE
et. James Gazette.

-. James 0azetCe.
It was an odor of roses about my
nephew that led to the discovery of
the glove. Up to his nineteenth birth.
day, which arrived month ago, he
had gone through life contemptous Of
buttonholes; and was 4 little taken
aback about that time when ran
against him at a corner with q Mar
shall Mel at his breast. He whipped
1t hurriedly into his pocket, and, be-
ng kindly old gentleman, pretended
not to notice. But my faith in him
was profoundly shaken. This was
the boy who had refused point-blank
to carry bouquet down the street
at brlbe of half g. guinea. Soon I
learned that he was conveying taste
tul little buttonholes into the house
up his coat-sleeve; and he blushed
when he was asked about q tumbler
in his bedroom. Then his mother
found six.button glove. size five and
half, in his pocket, which none of
US could identify. For some days
he had only one glove himself, which
he carried spread out in his hand to
look like two. We could not think
that this was it's long. lost companion.
Pending investigations, the glove
was replaced in Albert's pocket in the
nice piece OF tissue.paper which pro-
tected it. Then we watched Albert.
Hitherto he had had habit of leav-
ing the room when the conversation
took feminine turn, bnt now a. change
came over him. He sat on when his
mother talked with his aunt over the
relative merits of the waterfall back
and the Norfolk blouse, and it was
observed that though he pretended to
be reading his book, he WIS really
drinking in the conversation. On one
occasion he came out of his shell in
remarkable manner. The two ladies
were asking each other what was the
other name for the waterfall back;
and Albert, carried away by his inter-
est in the discussion, murmured Red
ingote.' His. mother and his aunt
looked at him in amazement, which
| made Albert turn both white and red:
Not long afterward it leaked out that
he knew what ''sailor collar" were,
and liked pale.pink ones.
Albert even began to take an inter-
est in his sisters dresses. His sisters
are much younger than himself. and
there is story in the family that
about the time he was saving up for
some coveted little treasure he would
not let them kiss him under sixpence
each. It was statistical information
about his sisters that Albert now ask
ed for in a casual sort of way that
did not deceive his relatives. Once he
was discovered trying to ascertain for
himself how much Gertrude, who is
IA, measured around the waist. Not
being "customed to these attentions,
Gertrude liked them at first; but it
was soon borne in upon her-though
she was only 14-that her brother
was experimenting upon her for pri-
waite reasons OF his own. Albert was
also curious to know what size in
boots Gertrude required, and smiled
to himself when told. Gertrude, who
has known since she was II that she
has large feet, did not like this. It
must, l think, have been a week after
the discovery of the glove in Albert's
pocket that he asked his mother, with
an artificial yawn, whether Eve and
half was not a small size in gloves for
alady. Then his mother asked me to 20
delicately to work and find out what
was Albert's condition and who she
was.
Thought would leave it to Albert
to tell me who she was. but t expert
mented on him to discover his con-
dition. Nothing, I feel, could have
been more delicate than the way I set
about it. The glove became, so to
speak, the means OF communication
between me and Albert. First. I re-
moved it from his pocket one day
when Albert lay dreaming on the
couch. Itook the tissue paper off and
then gently returned the naked glove
to it's slumbering owner. That even
ing Albert asked me for the key of the
bookcase. This is because have lit.
erary leanings and mediate writing q
great book when I settle down and
have time. Albert, however, so seldom
asks for the key to the bookccse-in-
deed, it is rarely to be found when
wanted-that I invited his confidence
as to what book he required. To my
surprise he said "the large Shakes
peare." This large Shakespeare is a
sore subject with me. 1t is in
go many great volumes that the shelf
it rests on frequently gives way. 1t is
also gorgeously illustrated. Albert
took away one OF the volumes. and
sat bordering what he could want
it for. Doubtless Albert's sud-
den devotion to Shakespeare had
something to do with the glove, but
where the connection came in was not
evident. BY and by Albert brought
the volume back. When he had gone
l looked through it, but could discov.
er nothing. Next morning Albert's
mother puzzled by remarking that she
thought that had taken the tissue
paper off the glove. On being asked
for an explanation, she said that she
had looked to see, and that the glove
was still in it's wrapper. At this went
straight to the book case and again
took down the volume of Shakespeare.
1t was as l suspected. Albert had
torn out the tissue paper protecting
one OF the illustrations-the play
scence in "Hamlet."
The next expel iment 1 tried was al
so a simple one. He carried d glove
in an inside pocket, over the spot
where Albert thought his heart was.
Taking advantage of a favorable
moment, l got at the coat and
changed the glove to another pocket.
The next time l had an. opportunity
Of feeling for it, it was back in the
old place again. This happened sew
eral times; Albert, who is a simple
youth for all his cunning, evidently
thinking he had put the glove into the
wrong pockets himself. Then haz-
arded holder step. Again taking
possession of tho glove, dropped it
in a corner of the drawing-room.
That evening Albert came back
from the office in pertubed state OF
mind. watched him on his knees in
the hall looking for something, and
when he saw me he pretended to
be unlacing his shoes. He wandered
from room to room, and was subse-
quently heard flinging things about
in his bedroom. He said not g.
word about his loss, however, to any